に
Japanese
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Etymology
Derived in the Heian period from writing the man'yōgana kanji 仁 in the cursive sōsho style.
Pronunciation
- IPA: [n̠ʲi]
Syllable
に (Hepburn romanization ni)
- The hiragana syllable に (ni), whose equivalent in katakana is ニ (ni). It is the twenty-second syllable of the gojūon order, and its position in gojūon tables is な行い段 (NA-gyō, I-dan; “row NA, section I”).
Related terms
- For a list of words starting with に (ni) see: Special:Allpages/に
See also
- (Hiragana) 平仮名; あぁ, いぃ, うぅゔ, えぇ, おぉ, かゕが, きぎ, くぐ, けゖげ, こご, さざ, しじ, すず, せぜ, そぞ, ただ, ちぢ, つっづ, てで, とど, な, に, ぬ, ね, の, はばぱ, ひびぴ, ふぶぷ, へべぺ, ほぼぽ, ま, み, む, め, も, やゃ, ゆゅ, よょ, ら, り, る, れ, ろ, わゎ, ゐ, ゑ, を, ん, ー, ゝ, ゞ, ゟ
Particle
に (romaji ni)
- particle for indirect objects; to
- 俺に返せ。
- おれにかえせ。
- Ore ni kaese.
- Give it back to me.
- 俺に返せ。
- particle for location; in
- particle for direction; toward
- particle indicating a passive agent; by
- 蚊にさされた。
- かにさされた。
- Ka ni sasareta.
- I was bitten by a mosquito.
- 蚊にさされた。
- particle indicating purpose/intent; for; to
- 映画を見に行く。
- えいがをみにいく。
- Eiga o mi ni iku.
- I'm going to see a movie.
- 映画を見に行く。
Synonyms
- へ (e): to; toward
- In the sense indicating destination, the particles へ (e) and に (ni) are often interchangeable, though there is a slight difference of connotation or emphasis. へ (e) emphasizes the journey to the destination, while に (ni) emphasizes the arrival or entering it. The distinction is not quite the same as between English to and into; に (ni) is usually best translated as to because に (ni), unlike English into, can refer to the journey in addition to the arrival or entering the destination.
Noun
に (romaji ni)
Kanji reading
に (romaji ni)